catechismnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈkæt.ə.kɪ.zəm/us/ˈkæt̬.ə.kɪ.zəm/a group of questions and answers, especially about a set of Christian beliefs
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Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
- agnostic
- animism
- anticlerical
- ascetic
- atheist
- credo
- creed
- cult
- doctrine
- faith can move mountains idiom
- fetish
- heresy
- monotheism
- mysticism
- orthodoxy
- pagan
- religiously
- secular humanism
- theism
- theology
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Examples from literature
- All the productions of these two centuries, with a few exceptions, are confined to theology, and are mostly sermons, catechisms, devotional exercises, or religious hymns.
- Did you say your Golden Text and catechism?
- Hath she ever taught you otherwise than you have learned in your catechism?
- I do not chiefly care for the catechism, nor for the confession of faith, although they are both interesting.
- Scraps of her catechism recurred to her remembrance.